Sale and Sell

Fri May 20 15:00:08 UTC 2005

They sure are homophones in East TN.  Freshman frequently mix 'em up in writing, too.

JL

Grant Barrett <gbarrett at WORLDNEWYORK.ORG> wrote:
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Nice little note on vowels:

"Who knew 'sale' and 'sell' were homophones? Not me, not until I
moved to Utah."

http://www.slweekly.com/editorial/2005/Voice_2005-05-19.cfm

Grant Barrett
gbarrett at worldnewyork.org

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